definition of tragedies
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Tragedy Tragedy is a form of drama based on human suffering that invokes an accompanying catharsis or pleasure in audiences. While many cultures have developed forms that provoke this paradoxical response, the term tragedy often refers to a specific tradition of drama that has played a unique and important role historically in the self-definition of Western civilisation. That tradition has been multiple and discontinuous, yet the term has often been used to invoke a powerful effect of cultural identity
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- A family in misery. noun. Misery is defined as the condition of suffering. An example of misery is living during a war without enough water or food. Misery means an extremely unhappy feeling. An example of misery is the sadness someone feels after a family member dies.
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tragedy noun, plural tragedies. 1. a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster: stunned by the tragedy of so many deaths.
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tragedy tragedy. n, pl-dies. 1. (Theatre) (esp in classical and Renaissance drama) a play in which the protagonist, usually a man of importance and outstanding personal qualities, falls to disaster through the combination of a personal failing and circumstances with which he cannot deal.
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General Astronomy/Print version The Meaning of. Tragedy. Tragedy is the mirror of human existence. From. our position amid the varied events of daily life, just as. from our eyes looking Out on the world, we can see. much, but not our own selves. To see the events of the. world, we look at the world; but to see ourselves, we. need a mirror.
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- Shakespeare's tragedies developed out of earlier 16th-century tragedies, which had antecedents in the 'tragedies' of medieval poetry verse accounts of disaster, suffering, and death, usually of mighty rulers.
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devastation 2. devastation-the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed; her departure left him in utter devastation. feeling-the experiencing of affective and emotional states; she had a feeling of euphoria; he had terrible feelings of guilt; I disliked him and the feeling was mutual.
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Tragic Hero Definition of Tragic Hero The term hero is derived from a Greek word that means a person who faces adversity, or demonstrates courage, in the face of danger. However, sometimes he faces downfall as well.
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befall Befall is an old-fashioned or literary way of saying something happened by chance. Bad luck befalls a heroine who drops her lucky rabbit foot. When something befalls you, it’s like bad luck falling on you. An earthquake can befall a city. A terrible disease could befall a child. A bolt of lightning could befall a very unlucky person. When something befalls you, you’re in trouble. Tragedies befall families in many of Shakespeare’s plays — that’s what makes them so much fun.
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- misfortune, mischance, adversity, mishap mean  adverse fortune or an instance of this. misfortune may apply to either the incident or conjunction of events that is the cause of an unhappy change of fortune or to the ensuing state of distress.
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- Comedy  In the Greek sense, a play that doesnt end in death. In modern usage, refers to a play that is humorous. Tragedy  In the Greek sense, a play that ends with the death of at least one of the main characters. In modern usage, refers to a play that doesnt have a happy ending.
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- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged mishap, trouble, tribulation, calamity, catastrophe, disaster. Affliction, adversity, misfortune, trial refer to an event or circumstance that is hard to bear. A.
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What is the difference between Shakespearean tragedy and Greek tragedy? Another difference is that in Greek tragedies logic over rules emotions (characters try to find out the truth and how things really happened) and in Shakespearean tragedies emotion over rules logic (characters worry about their emotions and what they think is going on rather than finding out the truth).
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Definition of 'catastrophe' countable noun. A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage. From all points of view, war would be a catastrophe. If the world is to avoid environmental catastrophe, advanced economies must undergo a profound transition. Synonyms: disaster, tragedy, calamity, meltdown [informal] More Synonyms of catastrophe.
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tragic flaw tragic flaw. n. 1. (Theatre) a failing of character in the hero of a tragedy that brings about his downfall. n.
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Tragic Flaw Definition of Tragic Flaw. A tragic flaw is an attribute of a character that ultimately leads to their demise. Not surprisingly, this literary device is commonly found in tragedies. Some definitions of tragic flaw maintain that this characteristic must be a weakness or a failing.
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- Definition: Tragedy depicts the downfall of a noble hero or heroine, usually through some combination of hubris, fate, and the will of the gods. The tragic hero's powerful wish to achieve some goal inevitably encounters limits, usually those of human frailty (flaws in reason, hubris, society), the gods (through oracles, prophets, fate), or nature.
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Trope Definition and Examples of Literary Terms. Trope is a figure of speech through which speakers or writers intend to express meanings of words differently than their literal meanings. In other words, it is metaphorical or figurative use of words in which writers shift from the literal meanings of words to their non-literal meanings.
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Tragic Flaw Definition of Tragic Flaw. Tragic flaw is a literary device that can be defined as a trait in a character leading to his downfall, and the character is often the hero of the literary piece. This trait could be the lack of self-knowledge, lack of judgment, and often it is hubris (pride).
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- tragic. adj. 1. (Theatre) of, relating to, or characteristic of tragedy. 2. mournful or pitiable: a tragic face. (ˈtraedʒ ˈtrædʒ). ɪk
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injury Injury is defined as harm to a person or thing. 1  An example of an injury is breaking your leg in a soccer game. 2  An example of an injury is hurting someone’s reputation.
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Definition of 'plague' A plague of unpleasant things is a large number of them that arrive or happen at the same time. The city is under threat from a plague of rats. Last year there was a plague of robbery and housebreaking. If you describe something as a plague, you mean that it causes a great deal of trouble or harm.
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- noun, plural tetralogies. 1. a series of four related dramas, operas, novels, etc. 2. a group of four dramas, three tragedies and one satyr play, performed consecutively at the festival of Dionysus in ancient Athens.
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Chapters 10â12 The two together will help to arouse pity and fear and will also help to draw the play to its conclusion. In addition to peripeteia and anagnorisis, Aristotle defines a third part of the plot—suffering—as actions of destructive or painful nature, such as murders, torture, and woundings. In Chapter 12, Aristotle discusses the quantitative elements of tragedy—the different parts of the performance.
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- Tragedy. In essence, tragedy is the mirror image or negative of comedy. For instead of depicting the rise in circumstances of a dejected or outcast underdog, tragedy shows us the downfall of a once prominent and powerful hero.
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tragedy 1. a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster: a family tragedy. 2. the tragic element of drama, of literature generally, or of life: the tragedy of poverty. 3. a literary composition, as a novel, dealing with a somber theme carried to a tragic conclusion.